Hillgrove was exposed for the second time in its last three games on Wednesday when it fell to Etowah 9-2. The Hawks opened the season with 11 straight wins, but faced just three teams with winning records during that stretch. Hillgrove has three games remaining on the regular-season slate (Grayson 4/25, North Forsyth 4/28, Woodstock 4/30).
Walton has hit a rut entering the final week of the regular season and was handed its second consecutive defeat and third loss in its last five games on Wednesday at Roswell. The Hornets closed out a 12-9 victory two days after Chattahoochee toppled the visiting Raiders 12-7. Walton plays Montgomery Bell Academy (Tenn.) on Saturday in the Legacy Cup.
April 25-26 marks the 2014 Legacy Cup. Elite teams from as far away as California come to compete in this highly competitive tournament that is held in memory of Parker Jackson, a former Milton player who died in a car accident in 2006. The event will showcase a total of 14 boys games and 11 girls games over the two days. Centennial, Alpharetta, Cambridge, Milton, Riverwood, Walton, Decatur, Etowah and Lambert will represent Georgia in the boys games and Milton, Cambridge, Lassiter, Lambert and Marist will compete in the girls tournament.
Like the Walton boys, the Raider girls enter the final week coming off consecutive losses. The two losses, however, were to Pennsylvania’s Strath Haven (16-13) and Radnor (16-8). Walton is 10-5-1 and is 3-4-1 against out-of-state opponents. Walton hosts Loyola Academy (Ill.) Thursday night, which is 10-1 this season, before closing the season at No. 2 Lassiter.
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